tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724552009-03-24T21:26:26.450-07:00This blog is flooby. Flooby can be how you feel on anti-histamines but you still can't leave work and wander around looking at things.Mike Hodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12201608936835807580mike@flooby.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872455.post-84305958341025488062009-03-19T13:10:00.001-07:002009-03-19T13:10:24.530-07:00

Duncan Actually Reads My Blog   So Duncan, my older son, is apparently the only person that actually reads my blog on a regular basis eventhough I haven't updated the blog since last summer. So I thought I'd update my blog to give him something to read. This goes to the basic problem of the internet.   The internet is based on content.   Knowing the technologies of the internet (xHTML, CSS,

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Friday at MicrosoftAs my first week of work at Microsoft comes to an end, I'm waiting for a shuttle to take me from the main campus in Redmond to my building in Issaquah (it's where my car is at). Since Issaquah is kind of "down on the farm" compared to the rest of the campus, the shuttles only run every 30 minutes. Unlike the Redmond shuttles that run every 5 to 10 minutes.In my first week I've

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My Mom's MarriedMy Mom got married (for the fifth time) on June 14, 2008. It was also my Grandmother's 86th birthday. I have a good feeling about this marriage. She married her boyfriend of more than 15 years so you can assume they've seen the best and worst of each other already. Camp MurrayFor the week of June 15-20, I joined 60 of the most fabulous people at Lake Murray in Southern Oklahoma

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Moving to MicrosoftI can blog about this now. The long and the short of it is that I applied to Microsoft for a Build Engineer position; they talked with me enough to make me an offer; I accepted the offer and now I'm in the process of getting ready to move to the Seattle, Washington area. My start date is set for June 23, 2008. Tamara, Duncan, and Calvin will pack up the house and put it on the

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Last chance to blog in May.I've been so busy during May that I haven't blogged at all. I've been helping with the First Unitarian Chuch of Okc's Camp Murray 2008 (www.campmurray.org), work and a couple of things I'll have to find time to write about later.At the very least, I can be happy that I didn't let the whole month go by without a blog.

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I'm in ITIL v3 Fundamentals training this week. As process management goes, it's relevant but kind of dry. -- Update on Friday 5/2/08 -- I finally finished the class and took the test for ITIL v3 Fundamentals certification. I won't know for 5 business days if I got it. I think I did OK on the test. If my understanding is correct, I am fully qualified to follow a service management conversation

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Antique Computer Works (NEC PC8401A Starlet)I'm digging around in an old storage shed and I come across a computer that I haven't used in years. It's an old laptop from 1984 (eventhough I didn't buy it until about 1992). So there it is all set up and working. I have the main laptop and the small-suitcase-sized floppy disk drive. I won't go into detail on it because you can follow the links I will

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Lawnmowing and Guitar Hero This weekend began a summer tradition that continues to make me proud of my older son, Duncan. He never really wants to start mowing lawns but once he gets a taste of the money, he does it - but not always without some complaints. Two weeks ago I ordered a part from Sears to fix our lawnmower. The cable that goes from the handle to the motor and operates the

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North Texas YRUU RallyOver the weekend closest to April Fools (4-6), I went with the OKCs Unitarian Church YRUU group (Young Religious Unitarian Universalist) to the North Texas Rally at the UU church in Plano, TX. With spring high school activities and the annual MedFaire at OU, we ended up with only six youth and two adults in the van. Since this is the closest youth rally of the year, we got

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The Shrine Circus (again).Took the kids to the Shrine Circus yesterday. Duncan has been going since he was one year old. He's had enough of the circus -- at least according to him he is. Calvin still has fun watching the acts and got a pony ride, a plastic "light-up" sword, and a big balloon from one of the Shriner clowns.I could take a minute to discuss the nature of clowns and why they can

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A Comedy of ErrorsSo I'm sitting here in Jones, Oklahoma waiting for a tow-truck to take my younger brother's van back to his house. We were supposed to use the van to move some bookcases for my Mom. But that would be too easy; so my brother came up with a better idea.He found another van in Jones that he wanted to buy for parts to help keep his van running. Now this is a 1972 v-8 van that gets

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Too Much Time on FacebookI've been neglecting my Blogger Blog (this thing) and spending most of my time on Facebook. It can be a neat place to hang out and waste time. I really like the chess playing application. The only problem is that I'll lose my train of thought and make a silly move about 2/3 of the way into a game and then spend the rest of the time making up for it.As far as work goes,

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Weekend with some High School budsThis weekend Tamara and I and the kids all went to a downtown OKC hotel for a dinner and movie night put together by some old friends from High School. I graduated from Putnam City West Sr. High in 1983 and hadn't seen some of the crowd since then.The group started getting together when another friend, Brian Myers, came back into town from New Zealand. After this

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Test of mailing a blog entryOk. I'm sending this from my phone (a Cingular 8125). It's probably AT&T by now but the phone has Cingular printed on it.I'm into my second week of my new job as a Systems Engineer at Seagate. So far I like my job, like the people I work with and am excited about the projects I'm being put on.That's enough of a test for now.

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OKC Writers Meetup Group (with short story)So there's this place called Meetup.com where you can sign up for groups that like, meet in the real world. So I signed up to be notified if one of these started in Oklahoma City. Around July one did. I've been going for a while and I put up a challenge/writing prompt on the message board for the group. It's an old formula. Write a 500 word story using

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Returning After A Long AbsenceI don't know why but I just didn't post anything for forever. It was actually so long that Blogger changed the way you log in. Well, I've got that all worked out. I'm gonna try to get some stuff to post. No telling what it will be.

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Oklahoma State Question and Oklahoma County Judge VotingHere's my take on the state questions and Judge races. Let me know what you think, I'm not adamant on any of these positions. SQ 274 -- State lawmakers can't get paid while in jail if found guilty of a crime. I'd say vote yes. SQ 275 -- Gives committee of Gov. and head of state senate and house more leeway to use Rainy Day Fund money to help

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What Kind Of Writer Am IUnfortunately I'm the kind of writer that writes barely enough to deserver to call myself one. That notwithstanding, I took this little internet quiz and I'm posting the results below.You Should Be a Science Fiction WriterYour ideas are very strange, and people often wonder what planet you're from.And while you may have some problems being "normal," you'll have no problems

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Oklahoma Fifth Congressional District candidate forum notes.I just got back from the Edmond Chamber of Commerce candidate forum and I thought I'd post a few notes about it.I'm not sure why, but I thought this was just going to be a Democratic candidate forum. So I was pretty surprised when all the people with Republican candidate shirts started showing up.The MC said that Mick Cornett wasn't

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The freakily accurate personality testTamara said that mine is me (except I can be cynical) and hers describes her pretty well (you have to go to her blog to see it).Your Five Factor Personality ProfileExtroversion:You have medium extroversion.You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.But you also need to

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Alright already, I'll update my dang blogSo I haven't updated my blog in a while. I'm a slug. Tamara did the Personality defect test and wanted me to do it also. So I did. And here are the results for your amusement.Hand-Raiser You are 57% Rational, 85% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 42% Arrogant.You are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt,

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I'm a glutton for punishmentI sent a letter to the local paper today in response to two letters. Here are the letters and my response. I don't know if they'll use it or how they'll edit it. In the past they've edited my letters in a way that makes them nearly nonsensical.Here are the letters that spurred me on:Dangerous gameSome organizations and individuals are undermining the morale of the

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I'm A Big O'l Geek.I've just set up my wi-fi card for my iPAQ pocket PC. So naturally I have to go to blogger and tell the whole world about it. Of course, being the geek that I am, I have to write this whole post - including html - using the handwriting recognition area. This fits in well with the two previous posts written longhand on the tablet PC I have through work. ( BTW - I still have the

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Citrix IForum 2005 Day 2October 10, 2005 – Monday started with the alarm clock provided with the room. Since Las Vegas is two hours earlier than Okc, by the time the alarm went off, I was ready to get up. I joined Larry for breakfast provided by the conference – sausage, egg and cheese biscuits and various breads, juices, fruits and coffee.The morning was taken up with the keynote speech of the

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Citrix iforum 2005 report - day 1October 9, 2005 – The day actually started Saturday with packing. I was able to get everything into two carry-on bags. I put my tablet computer bag inside my other computer bag so I’d have extra room for stuff I’d get at the conference. So I get picked up at 5:30am to make our 7 am flight. Outside of napping on the plane, the trip was pretty uneventful. Larry, a

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